The Widening Circle (TWC) is a movement within the Anglican Church of Canada to “affirm and reclaim the traditions of our branch of the Christian faith; one which is orthodox, comprehensive, and catholic.”
We are joining together:
1. to take a stand against making the doctrine and discipline of our national church subservient to the Primates of the Anglican Communion through a proposed Anglican Covenant; and
2. to resist a narrow and exclusive version of Anglicanism, expressed in our own country as resistance to the full inclusion of gays and lesbians in the life of the church.
A full text of our statement to the House of Bishops is posted in “documents.”
More immediately, our goals are to produce a comprehensive statement of our principles, values, and aspirations; to set up a website; and begin organising a conference for 2008.
National Spokespersons:
The Rev. Rae Fletcher
Bishop Cronyn Memorial Church
London, Ontario
rae_fletcher@cronyn.ca
The Rev. Neil Fernyhough
St. Hilda’s Anglican Church
Sechelt, B.C.
sookehills@gmail.com
